Roads Shining Like River Uphill After Rain

Roads Shining Like River Uphill after Rain, April 2017<div><br></div><div>Roads Shining Like River Uphill after Rain was premiered by the Oxford Bach Soloists (conducted by Tom Hammond-Davies) in New College Chapel, Oxford on 15 April 2017. The solo cellist was Gabriella Swallow.</div><div><br></div><div>The composition aims to explore a new form for a choral work, and investigate how fragments of text by the poet Edward Thomas might be fashioned into a narrative which provides a quasi-dramatic arch. The piece also explores how a solo cello can be integrated into the fabric of choral music as a) an obligatto line, b) an additional ‘voice-without-words’ an c) as an accompaniment instrument.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Information about mp3 recording</b></div><div>squeaky kate music (redistributed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)</div><div><br></div><div><div>Roads Shining Like River Up Hill After Rain</div><div>5 ghost shards for choir and cello</div><div><br></div><div>Music – Colin Riley</div><div>Libretto compiled by Robert Macfarlane</div><div>Based on fragments of poetry by Edward Thomas</div><div><br></div><div>Performed by Gabriella Swallow and Pegasus conducted by Matthew Altham</div><div>Recorded in St Mary's Church, Twickenham, London (2019)</div><div>Recording and editing by Tim Hand</div><div>Editing and mastering by Roger King</div><div><br></div><div>Link to more info (including the full libretto) </div></div><div><a href="http://www.colinriley.co.uk/projects#/roads-shining/">Projects — Colin Riley</a></div>